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HRID 127178Generated: October 26, 2026

Acetic Anhydride → Butyric anhydride

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAcetic AnhydrideHCID 7918—
ReactantHexanoic anhydrideHCID 74918—
ProductButyric anhydrideHCID 7798—
ProductPropionic anhydrideHCID 31263—
ProductValeric anhydrideHCID 74959—

Reaction Steps

By following in principle the appropriate procedures of Example 4, Parts A and B or Example 5, but substituting other acyl anhydrides for acetic anhydride and caproic anhydride, such as propionic anhydride, butyric anhydride or valeric anhydride, the following compounds are obtained:

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04255405
Source datasetuspto-grants-1981_03
ORD IDord-88c0fde5c8134ad889e0112b47692d52
Source noteuspto-grants-1981_03